Verdelho

Verdelho is a native of Portugal and the island of Madeira where it is used mainly for the production of fortified wines (White Port and Madeira.) Over recent years it has also been used for table wines. The Spanish variety Verdejo is similar, but DNA profiling shows that it is genetically distinct.

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In Australia, the Verdelho grape variety has been used to make white table wines especially in Western Australia and the Hunter Valley in NSW. It has become increasingly popular in many other districts. It is at the stage of challenging Sauvignon blanc as a preferred variety for those seeking an alternative to Chardonnay.

In his book Varietal Wines, James Halliday says

"The success of Verdelho as a table wine in Australia is an extraordinary phenomenon without any obvious explanation"

Sorry James, I beg to differ. To anyone who puts their nose over a glass of Verdelho the explanation is very obvious. Verdelho wines are becoming more popular because they are straight-forward and they smell and taste like they are made from grapes. They will never be great wines, but many are just the ticket for informal lunches. Varietal Verdelho wines are much better than overoaked and overpriced Chardonnays, or one dimensional Sauvignon Blanc that so many wine writers enthuse about.

Some of the great 'Classic Dry Whites' of WA have a dollop of Verdelho in them along with Semillon, Sauvignon blanc and Chenin blanc

The list below shows wineries using Verdelho in Australia

• Abbey Vale Margaret River
• Aldinga Bay McLaren Vale
• Allandale Hunter Valley
• Ambrook Wines Swan Valley
• Andrew Harris Vineyards Mudgee
• Angas Vineyards Langhorne Creek
• Angoves Winery Riverland
• Arrowfield Hunter Valley
• Audrey Wilkinson Hunter Valley
• Avalon Wines King Valley
• Baddaginnie Run Strathbogie Ranges
• Bago Vineyards Hastings River
• Bald Mountain Granite Belt
• Ballabourneen Wines Hunter Valley
• Barambah Ridge Winery South Burnett
• Beckett's Flat Margaret River
• Beechwood Wines Goulburn Valley
• Beelgara Estate Riverina
• Belgenny Vineyard Hunter Valley
• Bell's Lane Wines Hunter Valley
• Bendigo Wine Estate Bendigo
• Benwarin Wines Hunter Valley
• Beyond Broke Vineyard Hunter Valley
• Big Barrel Vineyard and Winery Queensland Coastal
• Big Hill Vineyard Bendigo
• Bimbadgen Estate Hunter Valley
• Bishop Grove Wines Hunter Valley
• Black George Pemberton
• Blackwood Wines Blackwood Valley
• Bleasdale Langhorne Creek
• Blue Manna Margaret River
• Blue Wren Mudgee
• Boatshed Vineyard Hunter Valley
• Bremerton Langhorne Creek
• Briar Ridge Vineyard Hunter Valley
• Bridgeman Downs Cellars South Burnett
• Briery Estate Perth Hills
• Browns of Padthaway Padthaway
• Brush Box Vineyard Hunter Valley
• Calais Estate Hunter Valley
• Cambewarra Estate Hunter Valley
• Camyr Allyn Wines Hunter Valley
• Capel Vale Geographe
• Cassegrain Hastings River
• Catherine's Ridge Cowra
• Catherine Vale Vineyard Hunter Valley
• Catherine Vale Vineyard Hunter Valley
• Cedar Creek Estate Queensland Coastal
• Centennial Vineyards Southern Highlands
• Channybearup Pemberton
• Chapel Hill McLaren Vale
• Chapman Valley Wines Central Western Australian Zone
• Chestnut Grove Manjimup
• Ciavarella King Valley
• Clancy's of Conargo Riverina
• Clovely Estate South Burnett
• Coolangatta Estate Shoalhaven Coast
• Cooper wines Hunter Valley
• Crane Wines South Burnett
• Creeks Edge Wines Mudgee
• Crooked River Wines Shoalhaven Coast
• Dalfaras Nagambie Lakes
• David Hook Wines Hunter Valley
• David Treager Nagambie Lakes
• De Bortoli Riverina
• De Iulius Hunter Valley
• Deep Woods Estate Margaret River
• Delaney's Creek Winery & Vineyard Sunshine Coast
• Divers Luck Wines Northern Rivers Zone
• Doctors Nose Wines Northern Slopes Zone
• Donnybrook Estate Geographe
• Dos Rios Swan Hill
• Draytons Hunter Valley
• Dusty Hill Estate South Burnett
• Elderton Barossa Valley
• Elsmore's Caprera Grove Hunter Valley
• Elysium Vineyard Hunter Valley
• Emmas Cottage Vineyard Hunter Valley
• Emmetts Crossing Wines Peel
• Ernest Hill Wines Hunter Valley
• Evans and Tate Margaret River
• Faber Vineyard Swan Valley
• Fairview Wines Hunter Valley
• Farrells Limestone Creek Hunter Valley
• Fermoy Estate Margaret River
• First Creek Hunter Valley
• Flinders Bay Margaret River
• Flynn's Wines Heathcote
• Foate's Ridge Hunter Valley
• Fordwich Estate Hunter Valley
• Fox Creek Wines McLaren Vale
• Francois Jacquard Perth Hills
• Fyffe Field North East Victoria
• Gapsted Alpine Valleys
• Garbin Estate Swan Valley
• Gecko Valley Queensland Coastal
• Gentle Annie Central Victoria Zone
• Gin Gin Wines Queensland Coastal
• Glendonbrook Hunter Valley
• Goorambath Glenrowan
• Goundrey Mount Barker
• Governor's Choice Winery Queensland Zone
• Gowrie Mountain Estate Darling Downs
• Granite Ridge Wines Granite Belt
• Hackersley Geographe
• Halina Brook Central Western Australian Zone
• Hankin Estate Goulburn Valley
• Happs Margaret River
• Harrington Glen Estate Granite Belt
• Harris River Estate Geographe
• Heafod Glen Winery Swan Valley
• Heartland Vineyard Hunter Valley
• Heartland Wines Limestone Coast
• Henry's Drive Padthaway
• Heritage Estate Granite Belt
• Heron Lake Estate Margaret River
• Hidden Creek Granite Belt
• Hills View McLaren Vale
• Hillside Estate Hunter Valley
• Hope Estate Hunter Valley
• Houghton Swan Valley
• Hudson's Peake Wines Hunter Valley
• Hugh Hamilton McLaren Vale
• Hunting Lodge Estate South Burnett
• Iron Gate Estate Hunter Valley
• Island Brook Margaret River
• Ivanhoe Wines Hunter Valley
• Jane Brook Estate Swan Valley
• Jarrah Ridge Winery Central Western Australian Zone
• Jasper Valley Shoalhaven Coast
• Jimbour Wines Queensland Zone
• Jingalla Great Southern
• John Kosovich Wines Swan Valley
• Juniper Estate Margaret River
• Jylland Vineyard Central Western Australian Zone
• Kalari Wines Cowra
• Karri Grove Estate Margaret River
• Keith Tulloch Wine Hunter Valley
• Kevin Sobels Wines Hunter Valley
• King River Estate King Valley
• Kingsley Grove South Burnett
• Kingston Estate Riverland
• Kooroomba Queensland Zone
• Krinklewood Hunter Valley
• Kulkunbulla Hunter Valley
• Lake Charlotte Wines Perth Hills
• Lamonts Central Western Australian Zone
• Lancaster Wines Swan Valley
• Laurellyn Wines Northern Slopes Zone
• Lawson Hill Mudgee
• LedaSwan Swan Valley
• Lighthouse Peak Tumbarumba
• Lilac Hill Estate Swan Valley
• Lilyvale Wines Darling Downs
• Lindenton Wines Heathcote
• Lindrum Langhorne Creek
• Little's Winery Hunter Valley
• Loch Luna Riverland
• Louee Wines Mudgee
• Lucas Estate Granite Belt
• Lucy's Run Hunter Valley
• Mabrook Estate Hunter Valley
• Madigan Vineyard Hunter Valley
• Margan Family Hunter Valley
• Maroochy Springs Queensland Coastal
• Marybrook Vineyards & Winery Margaret River
• Mason Wines Granite Belt
• Maxwell Wines McLaren Vale
• McLeish Estate Hunter Valley
• McPherson Wines Nagambie Lakes
• McWilliams Riverina
• Meera Park Hunter Valley
• Melange Wines Riverina
• Middlesex 31 Great Southern
• Moama Wines Perricoota
• Molly Morgan Vineyard Hunter Valley
• Monument Vineyard Central Ranges Zone
• Moondah Brook Swan Valley
• Moss Brothers Margaret River
• Mount Appallan Vineyards South Burnett
• Mount Broke Wines Hunter Valley
• Mount Burrumboot Estate Heathcote
• Mount Tamborine Queensland Coastal
• Mount View Estate Hunter Valley
• Mount Vincent Estate Hunter Valley
• Mudgee Growers Mudgee
• Murrumbateman Winery Canberra
• New Glory Goulburn Valley
• Nightingale Wines Hunter Valley
• Normanby Wines Queensland Zone
• Norse Wines Queensland Coastal
• Nowra Hill Vineyard Shoalhaven Coast
• Nyora Vineyard and Winery Gippsland
• Oakover Estate Swan Valley
• Oakvale Hunter Valley
• Olive Farm Swan District
• Olsen Margaret River
• Outram Estate Hunter Valley
• Palmers Wines Hunter Valley
• Peel Estate Peel
• Pendarves Estate Hunter Valley
• Penmara Hunter Valley
• Penny's Hill McLaren Vale
• Peos Estate Manjimup
• Peppin Ridge Upper Goulburn
• Petersons Glenesk Estate Mudgee
• Pieter van Gent Mudgee
• Piggs Peake Winery Hunter Valley
• Pinelli Swan Valley
• Piromit Wines Riverina
• Pokolbin Estate Hunter Valley
• Pothana Hunter Valley
• Preston Peak Granite Belt
• Pyramid Hill Wines Hunter Valley
• Pyramids Road Wines Granite Belt
• Racecourse Lane Wines Hunter Valley
• Rangemore Estate Darling Downs
• Red Earth Estate Western Plains
• Red Tail Northern Rivers Zone
• Redgate Margaret River
• Robyn Drayton Hunter Valley
• Richfield Estate Northern Slopes Zone
• Rimfire Vineyards Darling Downs
• Rivendell Margaret River
• Riverbank Estate Swan Valley
• Riverina Estate Wines Riverina
• Robert Channon Granite Belt
• Rodericks South Burnett
• Rosebrook Estate Hunter Valley
• Rothbury Ridge Hunter Valley
• Saddlers Creek Wines Hunter Valley
• Salitage Pemberton
• Sam Miranda Wines King Valley
• Samson Hill Estate Yarra Valley
• Sandalford Wines Swan Valley
• Sandalyn Wilderness Estate Hunter Valley
• Serenella Estate Hunter Valley
• Settlers Rise Montville Queensland Coastal
• Seven Mile Vineyard Shoalhaven Coast
• Sevenhill Wines Clare Valley
• Severn Brae Estate Granite Belt
• Shawwood Estate Mudgee
• Sherwood Estate Hastings River
• Simon Gilbert Wines Mudgee
• Sirromet Queensland Coastal
• Sittella Swan Valley
• SmithLeigh Vineyard Hunter Valley
• Southern Grand Estate Hunter Valley
• Springbrook Mountain Vineyard Queensland Coastal
• Stanton Estate Queensland Zone
• Stellar Ridge Margaret River
• Stevens Brook Estate Perricoota
• Stirling Wines Hunter Valley
• Stringybark Perth Hills
• Stuart Range Estate South Burnett
• Summit Estate Granite Belt
• Sussanah Brook Wines Swan District
• Swanbrook Estate Wines Swan Valley
• Symphony Hill Wines Granite Belt
• Tahbilk Nagambie Lakes
• Talijancich Swan Valley
• Tallavera Grove Winery Hunter Valley
• Tamborine Estate Wines Queensland Coastal
• Tamburlaine Hunter Valley
• Tandou Riverland
• Tangaratta Estate Northern Slopes Zone
• Tantemaggie Pemberton
• Tawonga Vineyard Alpine Valleys
• Temple Bruer Langhorne Creek
• Tempus Two Hunter Valley
• The Grove Vineyard Margaret River
• The Natural Wine Company Swan Valley
• Thomson Brook Wines Geographe
• Three Moon Creek Queensland Zone
• Tinonnee Vineyard Hunter Valley
• Tipperary Estate South Burnett
• Tower Estate Hunter Valley
• Tuart Ridge Peel
• Tulloch Hunter Valley
• Twin Oaks Queensland Coastal
• Two Rivers Hunter Valley
• Two Tails Wines Northern Rivers Zone
• Upper Reach Vineyard Swan Valley
• Vasse River Wines Margaret River
• Vercoes Vineyard Hunter Valley
• Verona Vineyard Hunter Valley
• Wandering Brook Estate Peel
• Wandin Valley Estate Hunter Valley
• Wandoo Farm Central Western Australian Zone
• Warraroong Estate Hunter Valley
• Wattlebrook Vineyard Hunter Valley
• Wells Parish Wines Mudgee
• Western Range Wines Perth Hills
• Westfield Swan Valley
• Whistle Stop Wines South Burnett
• White's Vineyard Swan Valley
• Wilkie Estate Adelaide Plains
• Willespie Margaret River
• Winbourne Wines Hunter Valley
• Windowrie Estate Cowra
• Windshaker Ridge Perth Hills
• Windsors Edge Hunter Valley
• Windy Creek Estate Swan Valley
• Wirilda Creek McLaren Vale
• Wise Wine Margaret River
• Wonbah Estate Queensland Coastal
• Wood Park King Valley
• Woodstock McLaren Vale
• Woongoroo Estate Queensland Coastal
• Wordsworth Wines Geographe
• Yokain Vineyard Estate Geographe
• Zonte's Footstep Langhorne Creek